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Date: 28 Aug 2015
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August on the Farm, in Photos

August is the most beautiful time of year here at the Hampshire College Farm. The vegetable fields are bursting with produce in anticipation of our first CSA distribution next week, the pick-your-own flower fields are in full bloom, and tomatoes are ripening by the bucketful. There are cows, chickens, lambs, and pigs on glorious green pastures. Come by for a walk, reserve a vegetable or meat CSA share, or schedule a
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Date: 23 Jul 2015
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1200 Pounds of Blueberries Bound for Campus Dining Hall!

How many blueberries would it take to feed Hampshire College for a year? This was the question campus farmer Nancy Hanson asked dining service general manager Jim Lachance last July. Farmer Nancy proposed to take her hard working crew of student farmers out of the campus vegetable fields and up to the blueberry barrens of the Berkshires to pick enough berries to supply the dining for the entire school year. According
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Date: 24 Jun 2015
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Students Pick Local Strawberries for Campus Dining Hall

On Tuesday morning, the Hampshire College Farm crew teamed up with students attending the summer Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute (FFSI) to pick nearly 700 pounds of local strawberries at historic Warner Farm in Sunderland, MA. The purpose of the trip was not only to provide a fun learning experience for the summer farm crew and FFSI students but also to harvest berries that Bon Appetit will use in pursuit of
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greenhouse
Date: 23 Jun 2015
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Part II: National Science Foundation Course Envisions Renewable Energy Systems on Hampshire’s Farm

Guest Post by Joshua Minot F12 Continued from Part I Professor Fred Wirth and Farmer Pete Solis extol the design features of the farm’s wind turbine. In their second week at Hampshire College, students enrolled in the National Science Foundation Course Clean Energy Technology and Sustainable Agriculture moved on to investigate wind power and solar thermal technologies. Fred Wirth, associate professor of physics
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Date: 18 Jun 2015
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Hampshire President Jonathan Lash on Food Justice

As a contributor for the Huffington Post, Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash blogs about a wide range of topics ranging from education to climate change, drawing from his experience as president of World Resources Institute (WRI), senior staff attorney of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and as a Peace Corps volunteer and trainer. President Lash has highlighted Hampshire’s Healthy Food Transition i
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Date: 27 May 2015
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Hampshire Farmer Pete Solis Shares his “Eggspertise” on WBUR’s Here and Now

Hampshire’s Livestock and Pasture Manager Pete Solis met up with reporter Jeremy Hobson of WBUR’s Here and Now this spring to walk the aisles of a Boston supermarket and decode the various certifications, labeling, and marketing of eggs. Have you ever wanted to know the difference between “cage free” “Certified Humane” “pasture raised” and “Organic”? Listen
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Date: 23 Apr 2015
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Pancake Breakfast with Mixed Nuts!

To cap off our exciting Earth Day events, the Hampshire College Farm teamed up with Bon Appetit and Mixed Nuts to host a pancake breakfast at the Roos-Rohde house this morning. Students, faculty, and staff followed the scent of fresh flapjacks across campus and gathered at the Community Garden for an outdoor breakfast in the sunshine. Jim Lachance, General Manager of Bon Appetit Dining Services at Hampshire made his
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Date: 23 Apr 2015
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Earth Day 2015: Food System Visionaries Look to Colleges and Universities for Change

In the spirit of Earth Day, the Hampshire College Food, Farm, and Sustainability office brought together panelists David Orr of Oberlin College, Margaret Christie of CISA (Community Involved in Supporting Agriculture), and Andy Kendall of the Kendall Foundation for a question and answer session on regional food systems change moderated by Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash. The discussion began with a question
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Maple tapping
Date: 10 Apr 2015
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A Sugaring Story: Reflections on a New England Tradition

Hampshire College farmers Jason Dragon and Pete Solis led the maple sugaring efforts at Hampshire College this spring. With the help of student workers, they collected 1100 gallons of maple sap from 150 trees across campus, which they boiled down to 20 gallons of delicious maple syrup. Read a firsthand account of this age-old New England tradition from Farmer Jason: In late February, in the midst of a long brutal win
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Equipment
Date: 09 Mar 2015
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Highlighted Course: Mark Feinstein’s Agriculture, Culture, and Ecology of West Ireland

Spaces are still available for Mark Feinstein’s incredible interdisciplinary course in West Ireland this summer! Learn about the intersections of agriculture, culture, and ecology in one of the most beautiful places in the world: THE WEST OF IRELAND: agriculture, culture and ecology CS-242S Instructor: Mark Feinstein Course dates: May 28 – June 11, 2015. Fee: $2100 plus airfare. There is still room available in
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Maple tapping with farm work study students
Date: 27 Feb 2015
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Friday Food + Farm Features

Here at the Hampshire College Farm, we often find ourselves discussing the latest articles, videos, and academic writings about food and agriculture at our staff meetings, shared lunches, and coffee breaks. The content we share as a staff both deconstructs our understandings of what it means to eat and farm and helps us to assemble new perspectives and practices. We’ve decided to put together a list of what we are ta
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in the fields
Date: 24 Feb 2015
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2015 Internships, Apprenticeships, and Employment – Pioneer Valley Farms

This list is frequently updated. Please check back often! Employment Opportunities: Queen’s Greens, a small, diversified vegetable operation in North Amherst is currently hiring for the 2015 growing season. Seeking candidate that has 1+ years experience in field work. Greenhouse, washroom and other experience a plus. Contact Danya: kingcreek.queensgreens@gmail.com Warner Farm, a 10th generation family farm in Sunderl
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winter scenery
Date: 20 Feb 2015
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The Mysterious Life of a Farmer in Winter

As a farmer during this time of year, I often get the question “what do you do all winter?” I usually smile, shrug and reply, “I go down to a forty-hour week.” Admittedly this response has not led to very many follow-up questions over the years so I thought that I would finally sit down and let you in on the mysterious life of a farmer in winter. Just like everyone else this year, Jason, Pete and I are spending a lot
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Date: 16 Feb 2015
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Food, Farm, and the Health of Communities: Panel at Amherst College

Event Announcement: FOOD, FARM, AND THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES Monday, February 23 at 7:00pm Amherst College Friedmann Room, Keefe Campus Center This event is part of the Problem Solvers Speaker Series, highlighting professionals and alumni who are engaging some of the world’s most pressing challenges through creative and innovative strategies, and exploring new models and methods for addressing social and/or en
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What does the farm mean to you?
Date: 13 Feb 2015
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Introducing: Friday Farm + Food Features!

Here at the Hampshire College Farm, we often find ourselves discussing the latest articles, videos, and academic writings about food and agriculture at our staff meetings, shared lunches, and coffee breaks. The content we share as a staff both deconstructs our understandings of what it means to eat and farm and helps us to assemble new perspectives and practices. We’ve decided to put together a list of what we are ta
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making kimchi
Date: 06 Feb 2015
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From Cabbages to Kimchi

Mark Twain once said “Cauliflower is nothing more than cabbage with a college education.” Well, here at Hampshire we might say that kimchi is nothing more than cabbage with a college education. Yesterday, students in Tamara Stenn’s Social Entrepreneurism and Food Sustainability class trudged through thigh-high snow from campus down to the Farm Center to make kimchi, using vegetables from the Farm
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Date: 12 Jan 2015
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Results from the Farm Strategic Planning Survey

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY—DRAFT FARM STRATEGIC PLANNING SURVEY January 9, 2015   OVERVIEW The Farm Strategic Planning Committee, comprised of faculty, staff, and student representatives reporting to President Lash and facilitated by David Grant, spent Fall 2014 “planning to plan;” gathering information, engaging new, current and former stakeholders, surfacing different perspectives, organizing critical issues and decisi
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Pete with cows
Date: 05 Dec 2014
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The Faces Behind Your Food: Pete Solis

Over the next few months, we will be featuring a series of interviews here on the Food, Farm, and Sustainability Blog that focus on the people behind Hampshire’s Healthy Food Transition. From local farmers in the field to seasoned chefs in the campus kitchen, we will explore the faces behind our food. Today we feature Pete Solis, Livestock and Pasture Manager at the Hampshire College Farm. To read our first feature w
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Date: 29 Oct 2014
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The Fall Festival and What the Farm Means to You!

Students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff, friends, and community members flocked to the Hampshire College Farm on Saturday for the annual Fall Festival during Family and Friends Weekend. It was a perfect fall day to enjoy great music, delicious food, and the company of friends at the Farm! Crowds streamed down from campus toward the Farm all afternoon, led by the sounds of blues phenom Eli Catlin and Alumni American
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Date: 06 Oct 2014
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Healthy Food Transition Selected for Washington Center’s Civic Engagement Award

Food, Farm, and Sustainability Director Beth Hooker and Dean of Students Byron McCrae traveled to Washington DC this past week to accept a Higher Education Civic Engagement award presented by the Washington Center and New York Life Foundation. Hampshire was selected from a pool of 100 nominations for innovations in civic engagement around the Sustainability Initiative, specifically the Healthy Food Transition. From H
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